In the MTV News interview in Dubai, Cruise revealed that he wants to base the newest pilot flick largely on the same formula and strategy that was so successful in 1986.

“We all want to make a film that is in the same kind of tone as the other one and shoot it in the same way that we shot Top Gun,” Cruise said, referencing Tony Scott, the previous director of the hit movie.

This has not been the first whispers of a possible “Top Gun 2” - far from it in fact.

About a year ago, rumors surfaced that Cruise, Scott, and Chris McQuarrie, a writer, had been commissioned to start working on another “Top Gun.” Because of the vagueness of the claims, some thought the trio could be gearing up for a remake.